Typographical machine.



n. s. KENNEDY. TYPOGRAPHICAL MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 14, 1912.

' Patented Sept. 9,1913.

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DAVID S. KENNEDY, OF BROOKLYN, NEW'YORK,

ASSIGNOR T0 MEBGENTHALER- LINOTYPE COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

TYPOGRAPI-IIQAL MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 9, 1913.

Application filed November 1.4, 1912. Serial No. 731,236.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID S. KENNEDY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Brooklyn, county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented a new and use ful Improvement in Typographical Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to typographical machines, such as linotype machines of the general organization represented in Letters States, No. 436,532,

to O. Mergenthaler, wherein circulating matrices are released from a magazine or magazines in the order in which their characters are to appear in print and then asv sembled in line, the composed line trans-v, 'ferred to the face ofa mold, the mold filled with molten metal to form a slug or linotypeagainst the matrices which. produce the type characters thereon, and the matrices thereafter returned through distributing mechanism to the magazine or magazinesv. outside escapement from which they started.

More particularly, it relates to machines of the kind referred to, wherein a plurality of magazines is employed and arranged so that any selectedone thereof may be brought into operative relation to the assembling and distributing devices.

in connection with the style particularly illustrated in the application for Letters Patent of John B. Rogers, Serial No. 624,426, wherein the magazines are movable relatively to the assembling. mechanism, etc,

although it could be similarly applied to machines whereln the magazines are stationary and the other cooperatingineans are moved relatively thereto., One of the principal features involved is the division of the escapement into two separable parts, one of which is connected to" the magazine, and the other to the throat or other assembling device, which'receives the matrices therefrom, these parts being so arranged that they are located in operative relation to each other only when the corresponding magazine is "brought into action. More specifically, the actuat ng embe f th s ap mont is sh wn a mounted on the receiving throat in post, tion to engage any one of veral oo porat' ns n mber .oonneo od to the d iierent m agazlnes.

In the accompanying drawings, I have shown my mprovement 4 In Letters Patent ofthe United States to P. T. Dodge, No. 883,180, a somewhat simi-, lar arrangement is disclosed, but the pres ent construction differs therefrom in numerous material respects. For instance, in the said Dodge patent, not only is the'receiving throat movable vertically in relation to the magazines but in addition the magazines themselves are capable of a horizontal moveigagement of the parts. construction no such addltional movement 1s necessary,,as the magazines are moved as to the throat. Moreover, in said Dodge patent, the entire escapement is connected ,to the throat in such manner that the release imagazine, so that when connected they con- ;trol the release of the matrices,

In he nl r n v d a ings. 1 ha e, shown my in-ventionin preferred form and y y o e mn eyand s ppl d t the specific kind if-machine already mentioned, but obviously many variations and modifica- ;tions therein, andin its mode of application, may be made without departure from its spirit. Thus, for instance, it may be api-plied to other forms of typographical mas chines, such astype setters, type casters, and thelike, or machines which handle type or dies instead of matrices. Generally speak? not limit myself to any specific form or embodiment, except in so far as such limitatio'ns are specifiedin; the claims.

a side view, partly broken away and in sec} my improvements vembodied therein; and Fig. 2 is a transversevertical se tion enlarged scale. i As in, the Said shifting means B, wherement to allow the engagement and disen-v In my improved =a whole andina straight path in relation of the -matrices is completely controlled,

ins, .1 es r it o e nder tood that I do.

tion, of a portion of a lin ypemaohine' ith Rogers application, a plu rality of'movable. magazines A is employed in connection with T'stitutetogethera single escape nent -to coni I Refer ing t the drawings: F guir al'i by any selected onethereof may be broughtinto operative relation to the distributing devices, comprising the screws 0, rail P, and entrance Q, and to thereceiving throat C, through which the released matrices pass to the front-plate D and to the other assembling devices, all in the manner well understood in the art.

Each of the magazines A is provided with a series of escapement devices, each comprising a lever L and a single pawl Z, which is normally projected into the magazine channel by the spring. L The movement of the lever L in the opposite direction against the spring withdraws the pawl from the channel'and permits the forward travel of the matrices X therein, the lever being thus shifted in the manner subsequently to be described. The pawls Z are normally in their locking position and the matricesare therefore. held thereby during the shifting of the magazines. It will be seen that the parts L, Z, and L not only serve as looking devices in the manner described, but also constitute a portion of the complete escapement, the other portion of which is mounted on another part of the machine.

The throat C is provided with a pivoted lever M, carrying the pawl m, which is normally held in its retracted or inoperative position by the spring M The operation of the lever M is controlled by the connected reed N, which in turn is actuated through any suitable form-of keyboard connections N in the customary manner. The inner arm M of the lever M is located in prox imityto the outer end L of the escapement lever L of the magazine in operation, in

such manner that when the reed swings the lever M about its pivot, its arm will engage the lever L and move it against the force of the spring L When the parts are at rest, the levers L and M areheld out of the path of each other by their respective springs, so as to permit the free and unimpeded shifting of the magazines. It will also be noted that a single series of 'escape- V ment levers M is thus adapted 'to cooperate with any one of the several series of escapement levers L corresponding to the particu- 'The operation of the parts'ls as follows, assuming the upper magazine A to'be in action, as shown in Fig. 2, with the pawlZ engaging the upper ear of the lowermost '-matrix X: The reed N moves downwardly and swings the lever M about its pivot against the force of the spring M as shown in dotted lines, and projects the pawl 0% into the throat O. Simultaneously its arm M engagesthe end L of the lever L, and

thus moves the latter about its pivot against the force of the spring L withdrawing the pawl Z from the magazine channel. The

matrices X now pass downwardlyuntil the lowermost one is arrested by the pawl m. The reed N next moves upwardly and permits the spring M -to turn the lever Min the opposite direction and thus to withdraw the pawl m from the throat G, and the lowermost-matrix drops into the front-plate D." The simultaneous release of the lever L allows the spring L to act and project the pawl Z into the magazine channel in time to engage beneath the upper ear of the next matrix, and the parts are again in their normal position.

It will benoted that the distance between .the pawls Z and m is considerably greater than that between the pawls of an ordinary escapement, and it is preferably so determined that when the lowermost matrix is arrested by the pawl m, it projects slightly beyond the throat G into the matrix channel,

and to a sufiicient extent to hold the next matrix therein with its upper ear slightly above the pawl Z, in such manner that when the pawl m is withdrawn from the throat and the pawl Z projected into the channel. Ithe latter will have su flicient time to move into position beneath the ear. This arrangement-as to distance and proportion is preferred, although not absolutely essentialto the practice of my invention, as if necessary the pawls could be separated to a still greater extent and the magazine pawl be thus permitted to rise in closer relation to the matrix ear.

This and other variations in the construction and application of my improved devices will suggest themselves to those skilled inthe art and still be compr sed within the scope of the invention.

Having described my invention, its construction and mode of operation, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. In a typographical machine having a magazine for the type or matrices, an escapement comprising two separate portions each provided with a single engaging member for the type or matrices, one portion being connected to the magazine and the other portion being mounted exterior thereto.

2. Ina typographical machine, the combination of a magazine for the type or matrices and assembling devices, the said parts being arranged so as to be relatively movable, with an escapement comprisingtwo separate portions each provided witha single engaging member for the type of matrices, one portion being connected tot-he magazine and the other-to the assembling devices. 7 p

3. In a typographical machine having a magazine for the type or matrices, an escapement comprising two separate portions each provided with a single engaging member for the type or matrices, one portion being connected to the magazine and the other vportion being mounted exterior thereto, and

. arranged that any selected magazine may be brought into operative relation to the other parts, and each of the magazines being provided with a series of escapement elements, each comprising a single engaging member for the type or matrices, with a single series of escapement elements located exterior to the magazines and each comprising a single engaging member for the type or matrices, the said latter series being adapted to be brought into operative relation ,to the series of escapement elements of the selected magazine.

5. In a typographical machine, the combination of a magazine provided with a series of escapement elements, each comprising a single engaging member for the type or matrices, with a corresponding series of escapement elements located exterior to the magazine and each provided with a single engaging member for the type or matrices, the respective series being so arranged that the actuation of the exterior elements eli'ects the actuation of the corresponding magazine escapement elements.

6. In a typographical machine, the combination of a magazine provided with a single escapement member to engage the type or matrices therein, with an exterior part provided with a single member to engage the type or matrices, the said members being arranged so that together they control the delivery of the type or matrices.

7 In a typographical machine, the combination of the magazine A for the type or matrices provided with the single escapement pawl Z and the throat C provided with the single escapement pawl m, the said pawls being so arranged that conjointly they control the release of the type or matrices.

8. In a typographical machine, the combination of the magazine A for the type or matrices provided with the escapement lever L, single pawl Z and spring L with the throat 0 provided with the escapement lever M, single pawl m and spring M the said throat 0 being provided with a series of es 1 capement levers M, springs M and single pawls m, the series of levers M being so disposed as to engage and actuate the series of levers L of the selected magazine to control the release of the type 'or matrices.

10. In a typographical machine, the combination of a magazine for the type or matrices, and an exterior member, one of said parts being movable freely relatively to the other, with a series of sectional escapements to control the release of the type or matrices from the magazine, one set of said sections being provided with single 1natrix-engaging portions and connected to the magazine and the other set being provided with single matrix-engaging portions and connected to the said member, and the said sets being so arranged as to permit the free and unimpeded relative movement before mentioned.

11. In a typographical machine, the combination of a magazine for the type or matrices, and an escapement therefor comprising two alternately acting single matrix engaging members, one of said members being located above the deliveryeend of the magazine and the other below it.

12. In atypographical machine, the combination of a magazine for the type or matrices, and a single escapement to control their release therefrom, thesaid escapement being provided with two single matrix-engaging portions, one acting inside of the magazine and the other outside of it.

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand this eleventh day of November, 1912, in the presence of two attesting witnesses.

DAVID S. KENNEDY.

Witnesses JOHN R. Rooms, ALFRED W. F. GUEST.

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